Multiple connector



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MULTIPLE CONNECTOR.

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' 1 y l 'M LQUSQ fr: u naga@ Literairv STATES PATENT eprice JOHN wfnar'woon, or Naw You, 1:." Y., assrenoa 'ronomra iranurac'ruanie' confirm, or aaooxLrn,

` immun-n To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNW. HAYwoon, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Bronx, in the county of Bronx and city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Multiple Connector, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is a multiple electrical connector for temporary work. The Objectis to provide a device of this character of simple and durableLconstruction, convenient to wlre, and not subject to disconnection at the bind? ing terminals under the conditions of use.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof: i v Figure 1 is a plan-viewof the body sectlon of the multiple cbntact member;

Fig.e 2 is a side elevation of the complete memI r, 0

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the multiple contact member and a plug therein, thehead and f oot portlons of the plug/bemg left in elevatlon;

Fig. 4 is'a side' elevation of Fig. 3, with the cover; of the `plug in vertical section;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the plug, with a portion of the cover broken away; an

Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line 6-6 of Flg. 1. l One of the members of the connector com-V `prises an elongated block 1 of insulating material, preferably wood, the said block I5 bein-g formed-in two longitudinal. halves 2 and 3, which may be termed the body and cover sections, respectively. A pair of longitudinal conductor bars 4 are secured in grooves in the body section, iiush with. the top thereof, and are covered by the cover section, which is fiat on both faces and united to the body by section proper terminates at one 'end short of the end of the body, and the recess thus formed is occupied by a short section 6, recessed upon its under face and constituting an independently movable cover, held by a single screw 7 'and adording ready access to bindin texan-Laois on the bars within the block. T le screw "I engages a nut8 held in a socket in the ybottom of the body.

The said terminals are of a very simple and effective character conssti each o a binding lscrew 9 threaded into t e top face v Specification of Lettera Patent. Application filed Februaryv screws 5. -The cover Naw Yoan, a conromfrron 'or NEW Yong.

Patented 0015.25, 1921. andere. semina. 279,543. -l

v of its conductor bar adjacent the end, and a spot 10 punched' up' from the bar just in front of the screw to coninethe wire. The supply cable 11 enters at the end and its wires are accommodated in a cavit the body. A metal'strap 13 screwe Ato the bottom of this cavity across the cable holds the same frictionally and compressively and takes strain on' the terminals.

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A screw-eye 14 at the opposite end of the i.

block is'provided for hanging or fastening.

The conductor bars 4 and the cover sec tion 3 are formed with perforations 15 at intervals, forming a plurality .of pairs of sockets for the neceptlon of 'split-post contacts 16 on plugs such as that designated 17, these plugs being connected in 'use with distribution cables for supplying various translation devices.

The plu 17 has an koblong block of insu` lation, suc as wood, formed with a face 'recess extendin across its width but short of its ends, leavmg intact head land foot portions 18 and 19, the recess being occupied gy a removable cover 20 held by a screw 21. he cover is of-cha'nnel form, consisting of a front wall 20* and side" walls or {hinges-20", thus alording a chamber accommodating they parts upon the bottom of the recess.-

The pair of contacts 16 are fixed in and project endwise from the foot ortion 19, and

, an o ning22is formed in t e head portion -forl t e passage ofthedistribution cable 28. Two conductor strips 24, 25:- are screwed to the bottom of the recess inthehbody of the plug block, the lower or forward ends 26 of these strips being angled for abutment a ainstl the Shoulder 27 forming the end face are united by screws 28 to the rear ends of the contacts 16.

lThe conductor strip 24 extends upward or rearward to a'poi'ntnea'r the head the recess, where the said angled endsI 1'; tion 18, where it is Aprovided with a bindiii-g terminal consisting of a screw 29 and latera ears 30. The other strip 25 is short, constitutin a conductor section, the upper end of whic is formed-with a fuse-clip 31. An- Iother conductor section 32 is fastened tothe bottom'of the recess above and at a.V distance from the section 25, its lower end having a complementary fuse clip 31. and its upper end a binding terminal like the one 'ust de:

scribed. The cable ,23,l above its for g, is

held by a. strap 33 similar to the one emtogether anda pair 'of contained longitudiloyed in the other member of the connector. nal conductor bars, perforated at intervals,

" he fuse 34 is of ordinary character. ,thebars bearing binding terminals at one 10 What .I claim as new is: A end Within the block, and the cover half ci 5 A multiple connector member comprisin the block having a short independentl rean elon' ted block of insulating materia movable face section over said termina comprising two longitudinal halves secured v JOHN W. HAYWOOD'. 

